From Seeds December 2025 – January 2026

Anyone walking past Augustine at the moment will be struck by the ‘stained glass’ panels in our windows, each reflecting different aspects of creation.

During the Season of Creationtide (1 September to 4 October), members of AUC painted the designs. They were guided (‘painting by number’) by AUC member Aubrey Bader, who created the panels. The idea, said Fiona, was to help us ‘speak to the whole world about what we feel about creation as Christians’.

The panel themes illustrate different aspects of creation. One offers an overall creation scene; Aubrey called one ‘The Elder Tree’ – a large tree with a person resting in its shade – and one reflects the church’s dandelion logo – seeds dispersed and growing around Edinburgh’s Arthur’s Seat.

Aubrey, who is a landscape architect, said she wanted to look at creation from different scales – of Augustine itself, the wider community, and creation in general. She felt it was important to include detail and depth in each panel, for example a ladybird on a leaf, within ‘the big views’.